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Last Update: May 18, 2023, 12:53 IST
Rabri Devi reached the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office for questioning in the land-for-job case in New Delhi. (Image/PTI)
Rabri Devi, 68, wife of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, recorded her statement in the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here on Thursday for questioning in a money laundering case related to the alleged land-for-jobs scam. Official sources gave this information.
68-year-old Devi, wife of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, is recording her statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in this case.
Rabri Devi’s children, including Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav and MP daughter Misa Bharti, have been questioned by the federal agency in the recent past in this matter.
The money laundering case stems from a CBI FIR.
The ED had conducted searches in this case sometime back and seized “unaccounted cash” of Rs 1 crore and proceeds of crime worth Rs 600 crore. The alleged scam pertains to the period when Lalu Prasad was the railway minister in UPA-I. Government.
The agencies allege that during the period 2004-09 various persons were appointed to Group D posts in different zones of Indian Railways and in return the concerned persons transferred their land to the family members of Lalu Prasad.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI,